Residents observing meatless Fridays during Lent flock to pizzeria amid COVID-19 dine-in restrictions
By: News 12 Staff Mar 21, 2020, 9:04pm Updated on: Mar 21, 2020
Some religious families who are abstaining from eating meat on Friday during Lent grabbed slices of pizza, despite that many restaurants have been forced to turn away dine-in costumers during the coronavirus outbreak. Emilio's Pizzeria in Throgs Neck had a steady flow of customers where an employee said most of the orders have been of plain or vegetable pies because of Lent.
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